The inside guide on what’s happening at Austin City Hall, from American-Statesman reporters Elizabeth Findell and Phil Jankowski. Want to dish? Email efindell@statesman.com or pjankowski@statesman.com.

Next week, the public will get the chance to meet the finalists for Austin’s new director of libraries, a coveted position for a person who will likely shape the future of Austin’s public library system …

Austin City Council Member Ellen Troxclair is hoping to “free the lemonade” on Thursday.

Troxclair, the council’s lone conservative, is broadly against the government over-regulation of markets. And in this case, that means getting rid of the city code that technically requires kids to get a $35 permit to operate a lemonade stand.

Did you know that kids need a permit to set up a lemonade stand in Austin? …

The petition challenging the proposed redevelopment of the Austin Oaks office park has dropped below the threshold needed to require a nine-vote supermajority of the City Council to approve the project.

Think of the big decisions the Austin City Council has made within the past year: Approving the $3.7 billion budget, increasing the tax break for homeowners, revamping the rules for short-term rentals, green-lighting development of the Grove at Shoal Creek, and engaging in a showdown with Uber and Lyft over fingerprint background checks, among many other topics.

Do you know how your City Council member voted on any of those issues? …